Support Links
There are many different agencies available to support families. Here are a few links which might help offer you additional support for you and your child; please click on the logo to go to their websites:
The Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service aims to ensures all families within Essex are supported from before children are born up to the age of 19 or 25 for those with Special Educational needs.
They focus on making sure that everyone in Essex has the best possible start in life through having access to Free, high quality and easy access to services in your Community, School, Family Home or within a Family Hub.
Child & Family Wellbeing Service: Timetable January - March 2026: Canvey & Thundersley
Support for Parents and Carers in Essex 
A new service providing advice, guidance and emotional support for parents and carers of children and young people with SEND. Support is available through one-to-one help, online group sessions, community events and practical online resources.
SPACE is here to help you navigate SEND with confidence – you’re not alone
The Essex Family Forum are the parent carer forum in Essex for families whose children and young people, up to the age of 25, have special educational needs or disabilities.
Essex Family Forum Support Signposting- South Essex
MyOTAS -My Own Time And Space
Their goal is to improve the lives of Neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, etc.) children and young people and their families.
SNAP
No formal diagnosis or professional referral is necessary to access SNAP services.
Autism central Peer Education Programme is for parents, carers and Personal Assistants of autistic people of any age. Please click on the link to the leaflet for more details:
Good Beginnings Course, is a course for parents and carers of autistic children, or those with social communication needs, in reception and younger. Please click on the link to the leaflet for more details: